Handwritten copies of four Mine Manager's reports for the New Chum & Victoria dated 13/12/1879, Manager Wm H Grainger, 13/3/1884, Manager W. H. G., 15/3/1886, and 21 /6/1886. Reports mention equipment, costs, and a new Winding Plant where they hauled water before allowing the men to descend. Notes on testing boilers.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria mine manager's reports, wm h grainger

Handwritten notes describing where the crushing battery was at Victoria Hill. Mentions Ballerstedt,s open cut mine. John Brown factory built on the sand dumps. Mentions the views from the Hill of the City Of Bendigo, Golden Square and the ranges beyond. Note written by A Richardson.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, notes on victoria hill, mr weatheritt, new chum & victoria crushing battery, victoria hill, ballerstadt, wittscheibe, john brown factory, a richardson

GEOLOGICAL MAP - BENDIGO GOLD FIELDS - Donated by JOHN HORWOOD. Two geological maps of the Bendigo Gold fields. The maps display , reef lines, Hills, Dams and mine locations. Also Anticlines, sinclines, shafts, alluvial deposits, contours and gullys. All items are superimposed on a map of the major roads and streets of Bendigo. The maps were printed by The Victorian Minister for Mines in 1923 and re-issued in 1936. The maps have been specifically framed and donated to The Bendigo Historical Society Inc. in May 2015 for display at Specimen Cottage. John had been a student at The School of Mines- Bendigo and found them useful as a student living in Bendigo. Prior to being framed , the maps have been kept rolled up in his home. Accession Number 309/15 Were on Display at Specimen Cottage 2015 - 2020. After all items removed from SC to the BRAC in 2021 the framed maps could not be located. Search ongoing. BP 2.3.2023Victorian Minister of Minesgoldfields